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[Sylvain POUILLY <spouilly@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

I am running Ubuntu Maverick on a sony-vaio z135GG ...with kernel from Natty
(2.6.38-2-generic). Kernel works for most of my hardware (have not tested
the fingerprint reader yet). But unlike Nicolas, lspci still list both
graphic cards although I am running with the stamina switch on ...

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT
330M] (rev a2)

Because of the two cards present ... battery life is relatively poor when
running on battery.

So maybe, total success depends on the hardware model ...

Notes:
- machine is brand new (2 weeks old), bought in Singapore
- was previously using Adam's kernel 2.6.37-6-vaioz but had issues with kvm
(virtual machine would not shutdown properly, natty's kernel fixed the kvm
issue)
- as Justin mentioned, VGA output works fine with intel graphics (and should
work fine with the nvidia one)
- HDMI, probably only works with nvidia (under windows 7, it requires the
switch to speed mode)

I am a bit overwhelmed by the amount of information available in order to
run Linux on Sony Laptop Series Z, and in particular by the fact that some
of the information is no longer relevant, or is relevant only to a
particular model with a specific version of the kernel (as mentioned by
Nicolas, with 2.6.38, some/most kernel parameters are not needed anymore).
Is there a wiki somewhere where we could share our installation success
(mentioning laptop model and Linux version used) and how to replicate them
(for people who needs help with their hardware)?

Sylvain

2011/2/8 Nicolas L. <nicolas@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  Hy,
>
> I can confirm this. I'm running ubuntu maverick and just installed a
> 2.6.38-1-generic from the ppa repository. This kernel is working out of the
> box, either with intel or nvidia card. As Justin said, just add the
> acpi_osi= parameter to grub (all other parameters are not mandatory anymore
> : i8042.reset ii8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop).
> I've also patched with Adam patch and installed the sony-laptop kernel
> module, but it was working without doing it, is it always necessary ?
> With this config, the switch works without the adam trick (reboot to an
> older kernel), it means that you just have to reboot and select the card you
> want to use. Also, lspci only shows the selected card.
>
> I've not test yet all the features I'd like to test, but have run the
> following tests :
> * with the nvidia card I can't adjust the screen bightness
> * with the intel card the HDMI ouput doesn't work
>
> this evenning I'll test the suspend to ram and disk features, hope it will
> works !
>
> Bye, Nico
>
> Le 06/02/2011 19:04, Silverrocker a écrit :
>
> Hi
>
> Can someone please comfirm this? This is very intresting.
>
> Greets
> On Feb 6, 2011 6:36 PM, "chalten job" <chalten07@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello Fabrizio,
> >
> > I have a Sony VPCZ13A7E running debian squeeze ..
> > I just compiled a 2.6.38-rc3 kernel from kernel.org ...
> > I don't have integrated the modified module from Adam (ie I have
> sony-laptop
> > 0.6) and when I run lspci in stamina mode, I see only the Intel card !!
> >
> > Does it mean that modifications have been put into the maintstream kernel
> ?
> >
> > 2011/2/4 Fabrizio Giustina <fgiust@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Justin Karneges <justin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Does anyone know if sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np7-v3.patch (or any other
> >>> obscure
> >>> patch Adam is using) has been merged into the official kernel?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Still not there, but I just tested an installation of natty alpha 2 from
> >> scratch and results are pretty good: installation with the graphic
> switch in
> >> stamina mode (intel driver) works fine with the standard installer
> without
> >> any tweaking.
> >> After the installation everything works properly, although both video
> cards
> >> looks enabled with lspci. No touchpad/keyboard freeze without adding any
> >> kernel parameter. 3g wireless and fingerprint reader work after
> installing
> >> the appropriate packages already available without too much trouble.
> >>
> >> The missing bit/tweakings:
> >> - you need to add "acpi_osi=" to the grub parameters in order to make
> the
> >> graphic switch work properly (leds turns on properly after this)
> >> - the changes made by adam to the sony-laptop module are still not in so
> >> you have to download version 7np, patch it with adam's patch and install
> >> manually. This fixes the video card enabling/disabling so that lspci
> only
> >> shows one card enabled at a time.
> >>
> >> I can't say about the SSD/raid support since my model has a standard HD.
> >>
> >>
> >> pretty near... anybody have any idea how to push for adding
> >> sony-laptop-module changes to the default distribution?
> >>
> >>
> >> fabrizio
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> I think we're having good luck on all other fronts (e.g. Intel graphics
> >>> stuff
> >>> being merged constantly to official kernel), I just want to be sure
> >>> nothing is
> >>> getting left on the floor somewhere.
> >>>
> >>> -Justin
> >>> (still crossing fingers that Ubuntu 11.04 will have all Z-stuff merged)
> >>>
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